Tinder-Quik fire tabs complement your Spark-Lite purchase and make sure you’ve got plenty of fire-starting ability. Each Tinder-Quik is specially treated to high standards to ensure the cotton is waterproof and provides more than adequate burn times for starting fires.
$ 2.49
Good …smaller than expected,
They burn, but were much smaller than expected.. After shipping costs your better off making your own using cotton and hand sanatizer. They did however throw in a couple extra tinders… I got 1 10 pack and 8 loose pieces just floating aroung the envelope.
UPDATE – I found even better tinder than the two options above and its FREE…. Just head to your dryer lint tray, All that lint is so fine that it lights up almost to easy. Its very very light to carry, and a softball size of lint can really be compressed to almost nothing at all … Try it!
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|Great help for tough fires.,
This is the same product that comes packed with the Aviation Survival Spark-lite Kit. Though impregnated with flammable oils and waxes the compressed cotton fabric of these fire-starters packs dry.
A lot of people on their reviews of the Spark-Lite kit talk about home brewed substitutes like cotton balls with petroleum jelly mushed into them but the mess is hardly worth it.
I will go with these, thanks. They store neatly and indefinitely almost anywhere, light easily by a spark or flame (Frizz up one end just a bit first) and burn long enough to get a fire going.
I keep my Spark-Lite kits amply supplied but also have some of these scattered in various places. For example, I keep a few of them tucked under the “ranger bands” (cut from bike tubes) that are attached to my knife sheaths.
You shouldn’t need these every time you light a fire. Under normal weather conditions with dry wood and good natural tinder you should be able to get a fire going without any special help at all. But for tough fires, these are a great help.
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|Good stuff,
This is a really nice product. These things light easily and stay lit a good long while (2-3 min). They also seem less messy than homemade cotton wool + Vaseline fire starters. I’ve heard some folks have used magnesium shavings inside the homemade style and then dipped all but a “wick” in paraffin to keep the mess down and add more fuel to the mix. I haven’t tried that yet, but the Equipped to Survive organization has some more details on their site.
They are reasonably priced, but the shipping is the killer. So if you can’t pick these up at the local sporting goods store, get it only with several other items or in bulk to cut down on the shipping cost per unit ratio.
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